Himachal chief minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday said every citizen of the country has a right to practice his own religion and the people who want to divide the people of the country on the basis of caste, region and religion were the enemies of the nation.
Addressing a well attended public meeting at Amb in Chintpurni constituency of Una district, Singh said, “Secularism don’t allow partiality on basis of religion, caste and language.” He said several people in the country were playing divisive politics and they should refrain from this in the far and better interest of the country.
Taking on the BJP, he said that Shyama Prasad Mukerji, who formed the Jansangh was far more different than the present BJP leaders. "Decency in politics had fallen down to ever low now and blame game politics had taken place instead of word of favour or praise," he added.
The chief minister said that more than 1,000 schools had been opened or upgraded in the State besides opening of 24 ITI's and two Engineering Colleges. As many as 29 colleges had been opened in the State mostly in remote and rural areas during present regime, taking the strength of colleges in the state to 94.
He said that today there were more than 34500 kilometers of roads in the state and over 1366 km new motorable roads and 134 bridges had been constructed during the last three years. As many as 255 villages have been provided road connectivity in the present Government regime.
The CM offered floral tributes to Baba Sahib Bhim Rao Ambedkar and administered oath of social harmony on this occasion.
Industries Minister, Mukesh Agnihotri, State Youth Congress President, Vikramaditya Singh, amongst others were present in the function.